UMD Professor wins Nobel Prize!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Maryland - College Park
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<p>TO: University of Maryland Family</p>

<p>The University of Maryland has received momentous news this morning: the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced that the 2005 Nobel
Prize for Economics has been awarded to our own Thomas C. Schelling.</p>

<p>Dr. Schelling is a Distinguished University Professor in the School of
Public Policy and the Department of Economics in the College of
Behavioral and Social Sciences. He joined the faculty in 1990. His
writings on nuclear deterrence helped to shape Cold War strategies in
the 1960s. More recently, he has written highly influential articles and
books on energy and the environment. For more details about Dr.
Schelling's career and the basis for the award, please visit
<a href="http://www.nobelprize.org%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.nobelprize.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p>

<p>Receiving the Nobel Prize is one of the greatest distinctions for a
scholar, and the University is extraordinarily honored to have Nobel
Laureates on the faculty. This honor reflects the outstanding quality of
the School of Public Policy and the College of Behavioral and Social
Sciences. All of us in the University of Maryland community salute Dr.
Schelling and celebrate his achievement.</p>

<p>There will be a news conference today at 11:30 a.m. Visit the University
home page at <a href="http://www.umd.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.umd.edu&lt;/a> for information on viewing the news conference
and for other details throughout the day.</p>

<p>This is the third Nobel Prize awarded to a member of the University of
Maryland faculty. William Phillips won the Nobel Prize for Physics in
1997. Juan Ramon Jimenez won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1956.</p>

<p>C. D. Mote, Jr.
President</p>

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<p>Maryland is definitely on a roll. Prestigous faculty is being attracted like a magnet and super high quality facilities are going up left and right. And distinguished UMd alumni (Larry David, Connie Chung, David Simon, Aaron MaGruder, among them) are being heard across the national spectrum. Maryland is clearly a "hot" school.</p>

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<p>Yipes..I am sad to say I have not heard of any of those people except Connie Chung. Guess I wasnt smart enough to graduate from a great school like MD...</p>

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<p>“Seinfeld” co-creator, [Connie], "Homicide, Life on the Streets" (book) author, "Boondocks" comic strip (soon to be animated) creator/writer.</p>